"rooming house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rooming houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rooming house (plural rooming houses)
  1. A house which lets out furnished apartments. Related terms: housemate, room and board, roommate Translations (house that rents furnished apartments): vuokratalo (Finnish), Fremdenheim [neuter, obsolete, possibly] (German), Wohnheim [neuter] (German), hospitium [neuter] (Latin), меблиро́ванные ко́мнаты (mebliróvannyje kómnaty) [plural] (Russian) Translations (house with inexpensive apartments): asuntola (Finnish), maison de chambreurs [feminine] (French), Mikroappartementhaus [neuter] (German), Zellenhaus [neuter, obsolete] (German)
    Sense id: en-rooming_house-en-noun-q8tViO9w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 12 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 12 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 13 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 14 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 56 12 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 56 12 32 Disambiguation of 'house that rents furnished apartments': 57 19 24 Disambiguation of 'house with inexpensive apartments': 47 28 25
  2. A building with small, basic, inexpensive apartments for rent, often without en-suite bathrooms.
    Sense id: en-rooming_house-en-noun-EdAiT860
  3. A house which lets out rooms and may also supply board for an added price: synonym of boarding house. Categories (topical): Housing
    Sense id: en-rooming_house-en-noun-54cQKGA8 Disambiguation of Housing: 21 25 54

Inflected forms

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